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I think we are attracted to people with traits different than our own. Many white people are attracted people who tan, yet nature already made a lot of people tan by birth. My Czech grandma just loves people with black, curly hair, a trait not very common among people of Czech ethnicity. I read that in the middle ages, Turkish soldiers were repulsed by skinny girls, and many Turkish people were skinny at that time, not due to lack of hunger.
However, I beleive that cultural differences, such as language or cuisine would override our desire for those with different traits. Thus many people in times past married the options they had in their culture, which happened to also be people of similar ethnicity. But now with globalization and mass immigration, there are plenty of people with different traits within ones own culture sphere.
So if we are attracted to people of with different traits, would that mean that we will see more and more interethnic or interracial couples in the future as more and more people of immigrant heritage become integrated to US culture?
Interethnic relationships, not to mention interracial and interreligious relationships, have been going on in my family for decades, beginning with my mother (Polish) and my father (Italian) who were 2nd generation Americans. Furthermore, we're not particularly unique in having mixed blood. It's been the American way since about the 17th century. SHEESH!
Interethnic relationships, not to mention interracial and interreligious relationships, have been going on in my family for decades, beginning with my mother (Polish) and my father (Italian) who were 2nd generation Americans. Furthermore, we're not particularly unique in having mixed blood. It's been the American way since about the 17th century. SHEESH!
No, I'm not sheltered, I'm just saying that what your family has done is only what's natural given no significant cultural barriers.
Pretty much; as cultures meet and blend, so do families. It's the natural order of things, and has always been that way, except in cases where groups tell themselves the "other" is the enemy. Those who bring their families to a new country or area, and expect their children and grandchildren to "stick to their own" and not love and marry into other ethnicities/cultures/races, etc usually end up gravely disappointed.
I think we are attracted to people with traits different than our own. Many white people are attracted people who tan, yet nature already made a lot of people tan by birth. My Czech grandma just loves people with black, curly hair, a trait not very common among people of Czech ethnicity. I read that in the middle ages, Turkish soldiers were repulsed by skinny girls, and many Turkish people were skinny at that time, not due to lack of hunger.
However, I beleive that cultural differences, such as language or cuisine would override our desire for those with different traits. Thus many people in times past married the options they had in their culture, which happened to also be people of similar ethnicity. But now with globalization and mass immigration, there are plenty of people with different traits within ones own culture sphere.
So if we are attracted to people of with different traits, would that mean that we will see more and more interethnic or interracial couples in the future as more and more people of immigrant heritage become integrated to US culture?
Yes, the US is becoming like Latin America--a hodgepodge of races.
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